![]() It is likely that Wisdom is older than 70, as, when she was banded in 1956, she was conservatively estimated to be five years old - the earliest age that the Laysan albatross reaches sexual maturity. In 1956, she was tagged by scientists as #Z333 at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge. Wisdom hatched around 1951, and possibly earlier. She is the oldest confirmed wild bird in the world as well as the oldest banded bird in the world. ![]() Wisdom (Z333) is a wild female Laysan albatross. Wisdom with one of her chicks, in March 2011
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